“Now more than ever before deserves high rank as a text-book. It is still centered upon a single idea and institution, empire and popedom in the middle ages. On this subject it is the standard English authority.”
| + + | Pub. Opin. 38: 26. Ja. 5, ‘05. 250w. |
“This latest edition has taken into account fully the results of modern historical research. A concluding chapter, sketching the constitution of the new German empire and the forces which have given it strength and cohesion, has been appended. A chronological table and three maps have also been added, and the book has been revised throughout. Typographically it is very satisfactory.”
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| + + + | Spec. 94: 408. Mr. 18. ‘05. 2120w. |
Buchanan, Thompson. Judith triumphant. [†]$1.50. Harper.
The siege of the Assyrians under Holofernes against the Jews of Bethulia is the field of this romance. Judith, its heroine, goes forth into the camp of the enemy at the risk of her life and honor, in the hope of saving her people. The dangers she encountered, the brutality of Holofernes, the intrigues of Nin-Gul, the dancing girl, whom she has supplanted in the affections of Holofernes and her love for the Ammonite captain, who devotes himself to her interests, form the theme of the story.
“Appears to possess no unusual or particular qualities to distinguish it from the vast number of other equally interesting and entertaining narratives of the same period. For quick and easy reading, however, with plenty of spirit and no little action it can be highly commended.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 279. Ap. 29, ‘05. 190w. |
“Told with some skill and much vigor.”
| + | Outlook. 79: 1059. Ap. 29, ‘05. 60w. | |
| Pub. Opin. 39: 27. Jl. 1. ‘05. 120w. |